Charged with throwing a tarantula at a tenant

A US politician was arrested last week on assault charges after she threw a live spider at a tenant who refused to leave her home.

Marissa Simonetti, a candidate for office in Hennepin County, Minnesota, told NBC News that she had been having problems for some time with a new tenant occupying a room in her house.

M says^I Simonetti.

Faced with her new roommate's disturbing behavior, she said she was concerned for her safety and the safety of her son. So I decided to break the Airbnb reservation and asked him to leave the building.

The tarantula attack allegedly occurred on Thursday, when tenant Jackie Vasquez was supposed to leave the building permanently. Police allegedly came three times before intervening and reporting the tarantula to the police.^I Vasquez said she was in a trespassing situation. Instead of cooperating, she barricaded herself in a room and refused to come out, according to her owner.

“I thought, how far are you going to go? Are you going to hurt me or my son? I can’t stand it here,” the owner explains. The police couldn’t help him, so they decided to take matters into their own hands.

Inspired by the movie Mom I missed the planeM said,^I Simonetti went to buy a tarantula from a pet store to scare away the unwanted tenant.

M^I Vasquez claims that the tarantula, among other things, was thrown at his face while he was m^I Simonetti said he “gently took him down the stairs” not wanting to hurt the creature. She did not expect to be arrested for this.

Online jail records show she was charged with fifth-degree assault and domestic assault, which carry minor penalties. She was released Monday afternoon. m room^I She said Vasquez's was vacant when she returned.